PMO Coordinator

Job Description

PMO CoordinatorHomebased with travel mainly to the Warrington Office and occasionally to the London Office6 Month ContractDay Rate £212 via Umbrella CompanyMy client specialises in the delivery of essential public services, with over 50,000 people working in defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare, and other citizen services across our four regions: UK & Europe, North America, Asia Pacific andMiddle East.Predominantly home based however there would be the need to attend occasional meetings in the Warrington Office. There will also be the very occasional travel required to the London office however expenses will be paid for the London travel. You will beworking a 37.5 hour week spread across Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm. The position is being offered with a 6 month contract with the possibility of extension.The Role:My client is seeking a PMO Coordinator to work with the PMO team: tracking status of project deliverables and milestones; supporting the adoption of the project lifecycle and deliverables; project level risk and issue coordination; monitoring the statusof projects transitioning into normal service; coordination of the regular project level reporting cycles; co-ordination of project Governance arrangements, Post project Reviews and project level workshops. You will be part of a growing team that supportsa variety of projects and programmes across the business and will have the opportunity to work across a variety of different Project and PMO tasks, senior stakeholders and business critical activities.Duties include:

• Implement governance standards across the Service lines PMO, including tracking, monitoring and updating the status of project deliverables.
• Manage project level Lessons Learned repository; attend project Review meetings to identify key areas of improvement to be captured into the Lessons Learnt repository.
• Carry out assurance review processes as needed.
• Liaise with staff in other PMOs so that standards are implemented consistently across the business.
• Organise workshops to identify areas of improvement for projects, documenting recommendations and presenting them to the PMO Lead.
• Build up a repository of project templates both technical and management to support the project Managers.
• Implement project standards across all projects in the portfolio.
• Update and administer the project plan as needed using reports from Project Managers.
• Manage communications from the PMO mailbox.
• Prepare consolidated material from project reports for monthly review.
• Complete and distribute monthly portfolio level reports.
• Support implementation of the quality strategy.
• Implement the change control process across all projects and portfolios.
• Co-ordinate the publication, review, and sign-off project Management deliverables.
• Monitor and report on progress of the project to the Project Board and all stakeholders.
• Co-ordinate quality activities to meet quality objectives. Manage project risks, issues and change control, and communicate the impact to the project.
• Monitor projects against time, budget and quality standards.
• Conduct or contribute to post implementation reviews and identify any lessons learned Feeding carry-forward items back into the workstream, work package and project plan.

What you will need to do the role:

• A background of working within a Project/PMO environment.
• A background of programme, project and workstream co-ordination/administration.
• Exposure to the end-to-end project lifecycle.
• A background of working within a structured project and delivery management framework.
• Knowledge of project management tools and techniques, specifically Prince 2, P3O and MSP.
• Knowledge and experience of Microsoft packages for supporting delivery management, including Project Online, Project, PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
• Strong communications skills, both written and verbal.
• Understanding of the importance for detail and organisation with an analytical approach to managing data/information on projects.
• Skill at managing stakeholder groups and balancing diplomacy and tact with assertiveness.
• Very good prioritisation skills to balance key priorities.
• A strong customer centric approach.
• Is courageous and decisive, prioritises effectively, maintains a clear focus and sees action through to delivery.
• Is energetic, determined, positive, goal focussed and consistent - even under pressure.
• Builds trust and demonstrates integrity in all circumstances.

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered.Please be advised if you havent heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you.Our commitment is to provide equal opportunity regardless of, for example, your gender, age, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or beliefs. We also engage with employers to develop programmes and pathways that embrace diverse talent and promote moreinclusive employment worldwide through partnerships and other initiatives. We recognise and celebrate the value of difference and how it makes us faster, smarter and more innovative than our competition.Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Adecco. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information - please copy and paste the following link in to your browser https://candidate-privacy

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